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Page 46
It was more natural , he believed , to be taught to know all those productions of
nature in preference to Greek and Latin . It remained the ruling passion of his life ,
and lingered long after the fires of love and ambition had died in his breast .
It was more natural , he believed , to be taught to know all those productions of
nature in preference to Greek and Latin . It remained the ruling passion of his life ,
and lingered long after the fires of love and ambition had died in his breast .
Page 107
history had taught them that the race was not to the swift , nor the battle to the
strong , who had learned to esteem the man of compassion above the man who
gained the whole world , who believed in the communion of saints , and looked
for ...
history had taught them that the race was not to the swift , nor the battle to the
strong , who had learned to esteem the man of compassion above the man who
gained the whole world , who believed in the communion of saints , and looked
for ...
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They believed life to be a preparation for eternity . Paradoxically , their daily
interests only extended from the trivial , or from crop news and weather news , to
horror stories - of how , for example , one sultry Saturday in March 1803 an ...
They believed life to be a preparation for eternity . Paradoxically , their daily
interests only extended from the trivial , or from crop news and weather news , to
horror stories - of how , for example , one sultry Saturday in March 1803 an ...
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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